Disaster struck the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the second quarter, after a slow start from both sides, Curry came up lame and limped to the locker room; he was quickly declared out for the game, which is never a good sign. Once the Dubs wrapped up a huge 99–88 win to take a 1–0 series lead despite Curry’s absence, coach Steve Kerr revealed the superstar point guard suffered a hamstring strain and his status going forward was unknown.
Wednesday brought the news the Warriors were dreading: Their franchise player was going to miss multiple games. The team announced Curry suffered a strained hamstring and would be sidelined at least a week before being reevaluated. Based on the NBA playoff schedule, that means Curry will miss at least Game 2, Game 3 and Game 4, with a possible Game 5 scheduled for May 14. So if he heals like Wolverine, Curry will miss “only” three games. If he heals more like a normal NBA player, it seems very unlikely he’d play in an if-necessary Game 5 and the next realistic chance he has at suiting up will come in another if-necessary Game 6 on May 17.
